In Reality

Peggy Sue got married
But I bet she got divorced
Destry rode again
And probably fell off of his horse
You think peace and love and hope
Are gonna overcome brute force
But that's not the way it is in reality
That's not the way it is in reality

Miracles can happen
But they're few and far between
If spirits roam the Earth
How come they're never, ever seen
You expect to wake up one fine day
And know what it all means
But that's not the way it is in reality
That's not the way it is in reality

There ain't no reason or rhyme
Only cause and effect
The sun shines some of the time
I guess that's the best that we can expect

Lots of dreams are dreams
But only some of them come true
Better angels can prevail
But very rarely do
Every bad thing that you've ever done
Will come and haunt you
And that's the way it is in reality
That's the way it is in reality

That's the way it is in reality

There ain't no reason or rhyme
Only cause and effect
The sun shines some of the time
I guess that's the best that we can expect

Well, you like happy endings
Like the ones in fairy tales
I don't want to be the one
To take the wind out of your sails
But sometimes the bad guy wins
Sometimes the good guy fails
And that's the way it is in reality

Because there are lots of things
That we can never understand
The nasty things that people do
Do to their fellow man
I guess the best that we can do
Is just to do the best we can
And that's the way it is in reality
That's the way it is in reality

That's the way it is
That's the way it is in reality